“Technology is best when it brings people together.” WordPress’ Founder, Matt Mullenweg, told TechCrunch his underlying philosophy throughout its decade-plus run as a company. Coding is arguably the most indispensable and accessible skill to learn in the 21st century. Yet, for the majority of people, code represents a foreign language they can’t comprehend. The work published on this medium, though, gravitates to any number of communities. As an open source blogging platform, WordPress serves as a pillar for journalism everywhere. Mullenweg realized early on, when writing the software, the importance to leave this property open for developers. By doing so, WordPress became a gateway for a lot of them to form their own websites as they desire, which, in turn,...
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Fantasy football has taken the forefront of the fantasy sports world, but fantasy basketball is right behind. Overall, fantasy sports in general are growing rapidly. This year, the commencement of the 2013-14 NBA season coincides with the release of several revamped apps—some good, some bad—that can help users win some money and pride.
I am going to take a look at some of the most popular fantasy basketball apps and identify strengths, weaknesses, and suggestions to improve each.
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“We really saw mobile happen in 2011,” said David Finocchio, Founder and Chief Content Producer of Bleacher Report and Vice President at Turner Sports.
Then, Bleacher Report amassed 22 million unique monthly users and 40 percent of that traffic derived from mobile. They debuted an iPad iteration of their popular Team Stream app as byproduct of where users have been consuming their content. The rapid upswing in readership and mass production of content collided to the point that it was imperative that their mobile presence catered and reflected to the demand at hand.
